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The cultural left is afraid of the World and the cultural right ain't.
Good example of a pseudo-definition. It offers ostensible characteristics of the things it claims to define without actually saying what it is.
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Qui non intellegit, aut taceat aut discat: if you don't get it, shut up or go figure.
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Qui non intellegit, aut taceat aut discat: if you don't get it, shut up or go figure.
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You put words in my mouth, mister tsuwm -- latin words, and rightly so because English could never be so succinct. But my respect for my goodbuddy Faldage requires the polite elaboration due those highborn, so here goes...
The Cultural Left
People who join political groups (in fact or in spirit) for their own personal needs and reasons regardless of any harm done to others.
The Cultural Right
Individuals who belong to political and social groups for selfless purposes that celebrate the act of being human.
(There is more, but reality, like a good wine, is better served in small glasses.) 
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> a good wine sounds more like a good whine, Milo... 
formerly known as etaoin...
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I get the distinct impression that some of the above defs incorporate the contributors' opinions
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I get the distinct impression that some of the above defs incorporate the contributors' opinions
... which is why most of us avoid talking politics on this language board.
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Anna: Maybe that's a good idea but I'm still open to nonpartisan defs of the two exprs
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Anna: Maybe that's a good idea but I'm still open to nonpartisan defs of the two exprs
Well, Hileman, it is big of you to be open to new defs (what the hell is a defs?) and it is small of you to declare my defs biased.
What the sam hill are you asking?
Jeez! 
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Since we're making up daffy defs, here's mine:
The cultural left condemns a rich person for his wealth.
The cultural right condemns a poor person for his poverty.
How symmetrical life is! [insert emotikon inane here]
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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what the hell is a defs?
You are onto something there, at last. Why not first define "definition"? It contains the root "finis", meaning border, frontier. This hints at the difficulty of drawing a borderline between two directions, or polarities, or tendencies. Quite automatically, personal preferences creep in, because there is no fixed middle point.
If you compound that with the notoriously controversial subject of culture, you are ready for battle. If you prefer peace, first try to keep things (actions, customs) and their (fashion-dependent) designations apart.
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